Primary school marks 50 days of becoming an academy

A primary school that was labelled as failing has marked its 50th day since it became an academy.

Canberra Primary School, in White City, was renamed ARK Swift Primary Academy in September in response to concerns from Hammersmith and Fulham Council that it was not improving quickly enough to come out of special measures.

The school marked its 50th day on Tuesday last week (Dec 3).

Headteacher Michael O’Grady, who was brought in to raise standards last year, said: “Things are definitely looking up.

“The children have a brand new uniform and a new academy code of conduct. They have all been behaving with respect and following the new rules and regulations.

“We’ve also put in place lots of new teaching programmes which are being backed by international research.